The box : how the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger /
Telling the story of the shipping container's creation - and the economic consequences of the sharp fall in transportation costs that containerization brought about - this book offers a history of the revolution in international trade which ultimately heralded the age of globalization.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2006]
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| Summary: | Telling the story of the shipping container's creation - and the economic consequences of the sharp fall in transportation costs that containerization brought about - this book offers a history of the revolution in international trade which ultimately heralded the age of globalization. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 376 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-363) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0691123241 9780691123240 9780691136400 0691136408 9781400828586 1400828589 |